I Now Pronounce You Black, White thoroughly unsexy

Simon Dawson (Tyrel Meyer), a white, Jewish South African who has just returned home from working in the UK, meets Xhosa Jackie Msolisi (Astara Mwakalumbwa) and it’s love at first sight. When the two decide to get married, their respective families butt heads as their conservative views on interracial relationships and the state of the nation threaten to derail wedding plans.
Believe me, I did not set out to dislike this film, even when a contrived title like I Now Pronounce You Black and White sets off a multitude of red warning lights.
Anyone who is shocked or annoyed by the fact that love across the “racial lines” is still an issue worth addressing in a movie (it’s just so pre-1994, you might think) has a pretty blighted view of what really happens when a mixed race couple walk down a crowded street in just about any major city in South Africa. Hands up: Who tries extra hard not to do a double take? The recent release of the The Race-ist should give you some indication of where the local industry’s mindset is at.
So while the material and ripe context is there, buzzing with potential, the sad fact is that British-born, SA-resident writer-director, Oliver Rodger, seems to have lost sight of what he actually wanted to achieve with his film: To take a wryly amusing look at what South Africans really think of one another once the politically correct filters have been removed.
It’s mildly amusing for about the first 10 minutes of the movie. This is a movie that switches gears from derisive observational comedy to outright malice in no time at all.
Something has gone terribly wrong when the insults become personal and a black woman’s personal hygiene, or rather the supposed lack thereof, is something to mock. This isn’t entertainment. This is demeaning.
  The movie is ostensibly set in Cape Town, but there is not a single shot of flora or fauna, or even something resembling a landmark, to establish this. It’s also disappointing how thoroughly unsexy this movie is. — channel24.